Public space: week 3

Design of the future sustainable socio-technical sub-system in more detail Actors, problem definition, needs & interests   In the previous chapter is elaborated on the actors of the current sub-system, in this case the current public space. This chapter includes also the actors of the future subsystem and its design. Besides, the actors, their needs and interests and the problem definition will…

'Nature for people, people for nature'.   As it was mentioned before, more and more initiatives between public and private parties are coming off the ground and benefiting local economies. That is why the Dutch Government set out a plan to realize a national ecological network made up of large, interlinked nature areas. The aim is the network comprises 750,000 hectares, or roughly 18% of the…

The future of public space as our proposal would be multiple use of the same space available. As stated in week 1 reports, “avoid”, “recycle” and “compensate” are the 3 criteria we will look into. We will use the concept of “placemaking” to further explore possibilities of shaping the culture of sustainability awareness. While environmentalism has challenged human impact on our planet, it is not…